Kristofer Wolff wrote:
> hi, i have the following easy regexp:
>
> /^exampl(.*)$/
>
> but for ".*" I want only match the 0 - 4 character, see:
>
> exampl
> examplX
> examplXX
> examplXXX
> examplXXXX
>
> and not more ! how can I realise it in the regexp string ?
By reading `perldoc perlre` and using the construct that "match[es] at least
n but not more than m times". (In the section "Regular Expressions", near
the beginning, in the table headed "The following standard quantifiers are
recognized:".)
Cheers,
Phi "{0,4}" lip
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